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All of last week's six releases -- Daddy Cool, Yeh Mera India, Kisaan, Love Khichdi, Toss and Quick Gun Murugun -- spelt disaster at the box office. In fact, some have already been taken off from theatres.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Quick Gun Murugun
Cast: Dr Rajendra Prasad, Rambha, Sandhya Mridul, Nassar, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak.
Director: Shashanka Ghosh.
 Great casting, good music, provides a few laughs.
 Very violent.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Kisaan
Cast: Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Dia Mirza, Nauheed Cyrusi, Dalip Tahil.
Director: Puneet Sira.
Sohail does a decent job.
Age-old story, boring music.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Daddy Cool
Cast: Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria, Aashish Chaudhary, Kim Sharma, Sophie Choudry, Rajpal Yadav, Tulip Joshi, Javed Jaffrey, Prem Chopra.
Director: K Murli Mohan Rao.
Interesting subject.
Bad rip-off.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Non-starter.
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Love Khichdi
Cast: Randeep Hooda Riya Sen, Divya Dutta, Rituparna Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni, Kalpana Pandit, Jassy Randhawa, Sada.
Director: Srinivas Bhashyam.
Saurabh Shukla.
Sleazy.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Toss
Cast: Aarti Chabria, Asmit Patel, Zakir Hussain, Rajpal Yadav, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shruti Gere, Madhurima Banerjee, Ranvijay.
Director: Ramesh Khatkar.
Tough!
Rambling screenplay, tacky production values, awful performances.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Non-starter.
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Yeh Mera India
Cast: Anupam Kher, Atul Kulkarni, Milind Gunaji, Perizaad Zorabian, Purab Kohli, Smily Suri.
Director: N Chandra.
Decent performances.
Too long.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Sikandar
Cast: Parzan Dastur, R Madhavan, Sanjay Suri, Ayesha Kapoor.
Director: Piyush Jha.
Engaging plot.
Weak performances.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Shadow
Cast: Naseer Khan, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni and Hrishitaa Bhatt.
Director: Rohit Nayyer.
Good stunts.
Bad screenplay, tacky direction.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Life Partner
Cast: Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza, Amrita Rao, Prachi Desai.
Director: Rumi Jaffrey.
Good scenic beauty.
Genelia hams.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kaminey
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.
Great performance, Good twist of the plot and flawless.
Hard to say.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Great casting, good music, provides a few laughs.
Very violent. 
